Firmware Update: OpenWrt 22.03.1

Version 22.03.1 of OpenWrt has been released. OpenWrt is alternative open source firmware for a large number different routers and embedded devices. By means of the opkg package management system, there is the possibility to determine for yourself what the router can and cannot do. Also on GoT there are several people actively involved, see this topic. You can simply update the version with sys upgrade from the web interface. The most important improvements that have been made in this release are listed below for you.

security fixes

• wolfssl: Fix security problem (CVE-2022-38152, CVE-2022-38153 and CVE-2022-39173)
  • See Security Advisory 2022-10-04-1

Device support

• Support for the following devices was added:
  • ZTE MF281
  • Ubiquiti UniFi FlexHD
• Asus RT-AX53U: fix switch setup
• GL-inet GL-AP1300: add LTE package, add WAN LED
• Ubiquiti XM moved to ath79/tiny
• Ubiquiti UniFi 6LR: fix network config
• Linksys RE6500: enable LZMA loader to fix boot
• LibreRouter v1: fix watchdog and PoE passthrough
• NanoPi R4S: ensure unique MAC address
• bcm4908:
  • Enable NVMEM U-Boot env data driver
  • Backport mtd parser for Broadcom’s U-Boot partition
  • fix -EPROBE_DEFER support in bcm4908_enet
• realtek:
  • fix RTL838x receive tag decoding
  • fix RTL839x receive tag decoding
• ath79/tiny: activate low_mem too

Various fixes and improvements

• kernel:
  • Backport mtd dynamic partition patch
  • Fix possible mtd NULL pointer dereference
• hostapd: rename hostapd multicast_to_unicast option to multicast_to_unicast_all
• mt7620 wifi: multiple improvements
• build system:
  • Switch from xxd tool to xxdi.pl script
  • Check TLS certificates by default when downloading over HTTPS
  • Fix issues with targets installed via feeds
  • Fix build warnings with grep-3.8
  • Fix build problems with external toolchains
  • Activate fortify source when using external toolchain

Core components update

• Update Linux kernel from 5.10.138 to 5.10.146
• Update mt76 from 2022-08-26 to 2022-09-06
• Update wolfssl from 5.4.0 to 5.5.1
• Update wireless-regdb from 2022.06.06 to 2022.08.12
• Update intel microcode from 20220510 to 20220809